diff --git a/docs/github-settings/8. labels.md b/docs/github-settings/8. labels.md
index ddf4c4b43..9167ee75b 100644
--- a/docs/github-settings/8. labels.md	
+++ b/docs/github-settings/8. labels.md	
@@ -10,9 +10,13 @@ You can use the REST API to manage labels for a repository and add or remove lab
 ```yaml
 # These settings are synced to GitHub by https://github.com/github/safe-settings
 labels:
-  - name: bug
-    color: CC0000
-    description: An issue with the system
+  include:
+    - name: bug
+      color: CC0000
+      description: An issue with the system
+  exclude:
+    # don't delete any labels that start with "release"
+    - name: ^release
 ```
 
 ## Team API Spec
diff --git a/schema/settings.json b/schema/settings.json
index 4d390b38f..bd86bde03 100644
--- a/schema/settings.json
+++ b/schema/settings.json
@@ -75,7 +75,12 @@
           "description": "Ignore any labels matching these regexes (don't delete them)",
           "type": "array",
           "items": {
-            "type": "string"
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+              "name": {
+                "type": "string"
+              }
+            }
           }
         }
       }